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Post by piscesilim on Jan 11, 2007 13:11:27 GMT 8
Drosera adelae origins from Australia. It is tropical species. No need dormancy. I keep my D. adelae in shade area. But got a lot indirect sunlight. The planting materials is 100% sphagnum moss. I put one water tray under the pot. The water level is about 2-3 cm. But always changes the water. No fertilizer and tap water. Prefer RO water or rain water. But can use tap water which put overnight. Check the link below for more info. www.cobraplant.com/drosera-adelae.html Will update some of my D. adelae photos soon.
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Post by David on Jan 11, 2007 13:25:48 GMT 8
Thanks for the explaination lim. Hopefully I won't kill the plant you are sending to me. hee, hee... I'll be growing mine under artificial lights like my other Sundews. Should be enough light suince it is currently not grown under direct sun.
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Post by piscesilim on Jan 11, 2007 13:34:18 GMT 8
Give them direct sunlight, the leaves will turn red. But I heard it is not good for the plant. But the one I put under the sun still ok.
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Post by David on Jan 11, 2007 13:52:50 GMT 8
I've got no choice but to put it under artificial lights. But the plant will be place within inches from the lighting.
How big a pot do you use for these plants you are sending to us?
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Post by artificialive on Jan 15, 2007 19:19:39 GMT 8
If i'm watering from above (not tray watering), is it ok if the water splashed to the tentacles?
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Post by David on Jan 15, 2007 21:49:08 GMT 8
It should be ok since in the wild rain fall on them too. But some growers says that in cultivation it is different and it might tired out the plant as it must keep producing dews that ae washed away by the water. If Lim waters from the top, then it shoudl be ok since the plants are thriving.
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Post by piscesilim on Feb 3, 2007 19:33:52 GMT 8
See what my D. adelae caught today?  |
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Post by piscesilim on Feb 3, 2007 19:35:42 GMT 8
Ha ha! It's a poor butterfly!! ;D  |
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Post by artificialive on Feb 3, 2007 23:21:18 GMT 8
hahah! ur drosera's stomach will be full for months..!
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Post by cindy on Aug 8, 2007 16:37:20 GMT 8
Hi, anyone here experience the species dying back once in a while?
Last month, we saw at least 3 CPers having their D. adelae plants die back. Some plants are very large plants which fortunately have got loads of offshoots after that. Their growing conditions are different: garden, balcony and under lights.
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Post by artificialive on Aug 8, 2007 17:20:38 GMT 8
Hi Cindy,
I have 2 pots of Adelae that grew really big, but unfortunately one of the pot suddenly stopped growing, leaves turning black and dry. The only part of the plant that stays is the new shoots. It is still green but didnt grew. Meanwhile, the other pot grew bigger and produce babies through roots; a very healthy mom with very healthy babies. Havent got time to repot them.
Surprisingly, i grow both of them under the same condition, same environment - full sunlight from morning to evening with water tray under the pot.
So perhaps one of my pot have same case which u described..
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Post by cindy on Aug 8, 2007 17:38:20 GMT 8
Hi artificialive, D. adelae is famous for this sudden dying back even for overseas growers. I was just wondering if it is a coincidence or it could be due to warmer or drier conditions. Are your plants standing in water? D. adelae does well for me during the cooler months. At the moment now, my balcony is a furnace and I have to hide certain CPs like D. adelae. Even in the shade, the heat gets to them.  |
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Post by kltower on Aug 8, 2007 22:09:41 GMT 8
Hi All,
Mine did not have sudden die back. It sort of went to sleep for a while.
I bought a plant from Lim and it grew into two big plants (bigger than the one in the above photo). I split them into two pots. Then about two months ago the original plant stopped producing dew but the leaves stayed green. The second plant grew to about the same size as the orginal plant with lots of dew and insects.
Now the original plant started to wake-up and begin producing dew on its leaves. They are get good subshine during the morning.
Choong
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Post by tarence on Aug 9, 2007 13:38:31 GMT 8
Cindy : mine dies back quite often like every 2 months.....i`ve got like 8 pots of huge clumps.....i`m just waiting for them to flower which has never happened yet. They grow to about 4" leaves...and yes, i put them in about water at the height of 1/5 ther pot level. They don`t seem to mind more water or less. If they feel like dieing back, they will just do so. I have them in full sun, half shade, full shade....all experience die backs.
Lim : yours ever flowered ?
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Post by artificialive on Aug 9, 2007 14:11:16 GMT 8
Hi artificialive, D. adelae is famous for this sudden dying back even for overseas growers. I was just wondering if it is a coincidence or it could be due to warmer or drier conditions. Are your plants standing in water? D. adelae does well for me during the cooler months. At the moment now, my balcony is a furnace and I have to hide certain CPs like D. adelae. Even in the shade, the heat gets to them. Hi Cindy, Yup, all my adelae (and d. dpatulatha too) are standing in water. Actually i had propagated a lot of adelae, and all of them seem to do fine. Its only this particular pot of adelae that goes sleepy and turned black. |
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Post by cindy on Aug 9, 2007 14:41:01 GMT 8
Tarence: I thought I was bad. Every 2 months? What is your growing condition like? My first plant came from Triffid Park as lump of brown peat. It rotted and I managed to salvage two hair-like strands of roots...or at least at that time I thought they could be roots. They did gave me offshoots and I got my plants from there. Subsequently, I even had enough to give away. Most of the growers in Singapore got the plant which originated from me. Irony is, just last week I had to ask some of them for the species back. All of mine died and I had nothing left. Perhaps the roots but I had no plant. That was really very sad but perhaps I was too confident, keeping only one plant under lights and not propagating any. Funny thing was I used to have them grow so well in peat, LFS, pure perlite even! So now I am trying to keep them at different corners of my flat and using different media. Kiasu! ;D |
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Post by tarence on Aug 9, 2007 15:06:52 GMT 8
Errr....I have about mebbe 50 adelaes in total so i estimated about every 2 months one or two adult plants will dry up......I grow them in spag moss plus peat moss & perlite....approx 85% of the medium per pot is spag moss. I grow them in 3 conditions....full sun, semi shade, full shade. Water levels either 1/5 or 1/2 the pot height, the hotter areas would have higher water levels.
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Post by cindy on Aug 9, 2007 15:30:58 GMT 8
50...sigh. Me, one. Die, no more.  |
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Post by tarence on Aug 9, 2007 15:34:12 GMT 8
with your expertise Cindy, 1 = a jungle in no time.
heheh.....
Lim, Cindy or anyone else in Malaysia/ S`pore region.....your adelae ever flowered ? my friend`s Wilson has flowered before but i do not know of anyone else`s.
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Post by artificialive on Aug 21, 2007 13:35:53 GMT 8
Nope, mine didnt flowered. They just seem to propagate more thru roots rather than producing seeds...
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